How do things like this get MOT's!?!
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I dont understand!!! how has that much rust developed in just one month....?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-ROVER-MINI-NEON...1QQcmdZViewItem


or is that rust just not an MOT fail?

Edited by jamesfawcett on 5th May, 2006.

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There is no way that mini should have an mot that sill would most certianly be a failure

his best mate is the tester

Blind tester comes to mind. Either that or its a fake mot.

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i bought an old '70 beetle once which suposedly had 10 months ticket on it, but upon a closer inspection there was just no way it could ever have passed, the foot wells were bits of alley riveted down, there was rust in every place you didnt realy want it. and it had about 3 petrol leaks, it was dirt cheap like so i wasnt bothered and i saw the problems before buying. but i was a bit taken back about how it could have the mot, turns out the bloke my neighbor bought it off had nicked some mot certificates and was writing his own!!, think the coppers cought up with him in the end thankfully
steve.

Edited by hippyinamini on 5th May, 2006.

doh! why did i start messing with it!

The sill is a fail
The A pannl is a fail because of the a post

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Hmmmm at least its obviously rusty in the photos and not hidden underneath or something then. My mum bought a green mini back in the 1990s from a garage, the floorpan was held on by silicone and carpet hahaha when we pulled the carpet up the floor crumbled away!

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

If you buy a car that has a current MOT and there are clear signs that it should not have passed at the time of test, you can report it and the testing station can be investigated.

It doesnt help you or the car but prevents this sort of thing happening in the future. Like you got your mate at the local garage to give it a pass when it is not because he's a mate.

Theres no way my mini should have passed an mot when you could get your fingers inside the sill only three months after the MOT. The previous owner had it MOT'd by one of his collegues at work ( he worked for the ambulance force) but i do believe they have a different test as do public vehicles?? dunno

Edited by Sprocket on 5th May, 2006.

Hi,
Phew, I thoguht I was going to see a pic of my car then!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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the sill would pass as i don't think its within 30cm of a steering suspension braking or seat belt anchorage point. The a panel is also not within 30cm of anything either.

so that's a pass.

weather you would want to drive it is a different matter.